With less than five days to go before we go to the polls, we thought to have the last interview with IEC in terms of where we are currently and what needs to happen? Last week voting took place successfully outside of the country, while the IEC says that it is ready to run a successful election for 2024. We've also seen the amount of court cases against the IEC from disgruntled parties hoping to postpone the elections as some of them did not make the deadline. What are some of the outstanding issues and what happens between now and voting day? 

Guest: James Aphane - Manager for Electoral Operations at the Electoral Commission

With less than five days to go before we go to the polls, we thought to have the last interview with IEC in terms of where we are currently and what needs to happen? Last week voting took place successfully outside of the country, while the IEC says that it is ready to run a successful election for 2024. We've also seen the amount of court cases against the IEC from disgruntled parties hoping to postpone the elections as some of them did not make the deadline. What are some of the outstanding issues and what happens between now and voting day? 
Guest: James Aphane - Manager for Electoral Operations at the Electoral Commission

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IEC Series on international voting process and final preparations for Wednesday’s poll

We use this segment now to speak to some of the political parties and journalists finding out what the situation is regarding coalition talks. Who is agreeing with who and what is being put on the table? To help us through this conversation, we are joined by...

Guest: Solly Malatsi - National Spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance

Guest: Hajra Omarjee - Political Editor at Business Day

Guest: Samkele Maseko - SABC Senior Political Reporter 

We use this segment now to speak to some of the political parties and journalists finding out what the situation is regarding coalition talks. Who is agreeing with who and what is being put on the table? To help us through this conversation, we are joined by...
Guest: Solly Malatsi - National Spokesperson for the Democratic Alliance
Guest: Hajra Omarjee - Political Editor at Business Day
Guest: Samkele Maseko - SABC Senior Political Reporter

Coalition Talks: Are we ready to sign on the dotted line?

We continue our series of discussions meeting the new faces and parties that will stand in Parliament for the first time. Today, we decided that it would be important for us to meet the new and young faces that will be entering Parliament for the first time among the established political parties.



We are also featuring new members of provincial legislatures as the lower houses open their doors for the seventh administration. To tell us more about what they want to achieve in the next five years and what it means to represent the views of young people in law-making processes, we are joined by…



Guest (Telephone): Liam Jacobs - Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance Student Organization and MP-elect

Guest (ZOOM): Sanele Zondo - Chairperson of IFP Youth Brigade and MP-elect

We continue our series of discussions meeting the new faces and parties that will stand in Parliament for the first time. Today, we decided that it would be important for us to meet the new and young faces that will be entering Parliament for the first time among the established political parties.
 
We are also featuring new members of provincial legislatures as the lower houses open their doors for the seventh administration. To tell us more about what they want to achieve in the next five years and what it means to represent the views of young people in law-making processes, we are joined by…
 
Guest (Telephone): Liam Jacobs - Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance Student Organization and MP-elect
Guest (ZOOM): Sanele Zondo - Chairperson of IFP Youth Brigade and MP-elect

A new administration of Young Parliamentarians

As political parties are still deciding on how to run the country under a possible government of national unity as proposed by the ANC, we continue discussions around what the possibilities are.Many have been likening this period to 1994 as we were starting a road to democracy under a government led by Nelson Mandela under a government of national unity with two deputy presidents.Well, we thought to bring in some of the people who were active in that period to talk about the dynamics that were at play then comparing them to today. What lessons can we learn in order to take the country forward? 

Guest: Professor Richard Calland -A visiting adjunct professor at the Wits School of Governance and Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Guest: Mbhazima Shilowa – Former Gauteng Premier, General Secretary of Cosatu and was also part of the ANC’s negotiating team at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa

Guest: Oupa Ngwenya - Founding secretary-general of the Forum of Black Journalists, freelance writer, columnist, corporate strategist, and currently Project’s Co-ordinaries of The 70s Group comprising of liberation activists of the 1970s

As political parties are still deciding on how to run the country under a possible government of national unity as proposed by the ANC, we continue discussions around what the possibilities are. Many have been likening this period to 1994 as we were starting a road to democracy under a government led by Nelson Mandela under a government of national unity with two deputy presidents. Well, we thought to bring in some of the people who were active in that period to talk about the dynamics that were at play then comparing them to today. What lessons can we learn in order to take the country forward? 
Guest: Professor Richard Calland - A visiting adjunct professor at the Wits School of Governance and Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Guest: Mbhazima Shilowa – Former Gauteng Premier, General Secretary of Cosatu and was also part of the ANC’s negotiating team at the Convention for a Democratic South Africa
Guest: Oupa Ngwenya - Founding secretary-general of the Forum of Black Journalists, freelance writer, columnist, corporate strategist, and currently Project’s Co-ordinaries of The 70s Group comprising of liberation activists of the 1970s

IEC Series on international voting process and final preparations for Wednesday’s poll

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